Vocal Music Grade 2

December UNIT 12
Lesson 6: Celebrate Christmas
“Come Running, You Shepards” p. 384
“It’s Santa-Again!” p. 385
-Describe melodic direction
after listening to a song
-Discuss historical origin of
Santa Claus
-Play instruments to match
certain lyrics in the songs
-Written Assessment:
Students can answer
questions about “It’s Santa-
Again!” (located on p. 385)
-Collect their answers; can
be drawn or written
NS: 2A, 6B, 9A
Lesson 7: A Christmas Waltz
“Christmas, Don’t Be Late” pp. 386-387
Les patineurs (recording), p. 387
-Move to the strong beat in
sets of three
-Relate qualities in a
painting to a piece of music
-Note which children are
able to show the downbeat in
sets of three through
tapping/whole body
movement
-Observe if children can
accompany music in meter
in 3 and keep their pattern
going accurately
NS: IB, 2B, 6E,
8B
Lesson 5: Chanukah, The Festival of
Lights
“Chanukah is Here” p. 382
“Ner li (The Light)” p. 383
January UNIT 3
Lesson 1: Accents!
“Boogie Chant and Dance” p. 78
“Two Little Sausages” p. 79
UNIT 12
Lesson 10: Living the Dream
“A Kid Like Me” pp. 394-395
“Free At Last” p. 396
The Dream Keeper, p. 397
-Sing two Chanukah songs
and identify phrases and
sections
-Sing with a full, relaxed
sound and accurate
intonation
-Move to show accented and
unaccented beats
-Discuss accents in a
painting
-Create a call-and-response
composition about dreams
for the future
-Discuss the life of Martin
-Observe that students
breathe at phrase endings
and vocally shape phrases
while singing
-Have each child perform
during these two speech
pieces; observe that they are
using movements to
accurately represent
accented and unaccented
words
-Have groups practice their
compositions; allow each
group to perform for class
-Review the compositions
NS: 1B, 6A, 9A
NS: 4A, 6B, 8B
NS: 1C, 2A, 4B,
6A, 9A